The Crown

09.03.2025

Nice!

23.11.2022

The food was fantastic and the staff were extremely helpful with an allergy

02.03.2025

Fantastic food, drinks and atmosphere 👌 Big thank you to the staff who sorted out the misunderstanding with our order 👍

27.02.2025

Homenaje a la serie. Una buena pibta en Oxford, y comida

27.02.2025

Lovely authentic pub. Great choice of beers and food.

26.02.2025

Lovely old boozer. Only had night caps. Staff very accommodating.

14.02.2025

The pub has a lovely atmosphere which is very cozy. The staff are great and quick. Definitely recommend.

09.02.2025

This is not a Sunday roast guys. The potatoes are just boiled. That's not a roast potato. Where is the crisp on that? The parsnips look bland but taste okay. Where was the carrots? The stuffing is just dough again no colourisation or crisp on it nore the coli cheese. The tenderstem was okay actually. Also the yorkie was adequate, i think there was too much egg in the mix more than there should be. Only has a small pot of gravy that comes with it so ask for extra if you like that. Overall disappointed at that roast. Honestly i could of paid a fraction of the price and the tesco one would of been better. yes i'm a chef too. Avoid Sunday roasts here until they have got better at it. Not recommended that was a 1.5 out of 10. They charge £4 for sides too. Try doing all the trimmings but reasonable. The plate felt naked without some of them trimmings. Honestly it broke my english Sunday tradition heart eating it. And i really do hesitate leaving reviews like this. But me being 11 years as a chef. I had to say something, i was upset. If there is something you have to get right in england on a Sunday. It's a roast! They did give me a free drink on the house though!.

01.08.2021

Great staff interesting place good selection of beers

05.02.2025

So I’m traveling w my wife this past week to England and we decided to take the trip away from London and go west. We started at Oxford and it has a pretty busy atmosphere. I wanted to try some old school British food and what best place to try than in an old pub setting? I found The Crown which is part of the whole Nicholson pubs company which they own The Chequers as well. We actually went to The Chequers but their food service already closed so we went to The Crown. When we got there we asked if there is still food service and they told us we only have 5 minutes to order and had to rush to get our order in before they close. So we did and decided to get their Ocean fish and chips and the Steak and Ale pie. Total bill was £37 plus 10% service charge ($54.91 US) We sat by the right side of the entrance near the bathroom and all we can smell was the lemon ammonia cleaner coming through the doors and as people pass by and opens the door the smell gets much stronger. Luckily a table away from the bathroom opened up so we decided to relocate just as the food arrived. So based on the photos it doesn’t look bad.. only thing that really threw me off was the “breaded scampi” which is basically just fried breaded shrimp. However the breading was pretty thick and there’s gotta be micro shrimp inside.. lol the mushy peas is basically what it is.. mushy peas, the fries are underwhelming and soft.. should’ve called it mushy chips, and the fish.. the main piece, was dry, flaky like cardboard. And the pie, it looks good but as I tried to dig in I basically get a very thick and dry crust, lack of meat and sauce, but at least the sauce in the cup helped because I needed all the sauce I can get! I even poured the sauce to the fish but it’s really a lost cause. The broccoli stem was just plain steam broccoli but the carrots and mash were descent.. :) I wish I can say good things as I like the old pub vibe, maybe it’s because we came in late and they were about to close and the kitchen was not happy to serve us, but hey I don’t know. This was our experience and hopefully it will be better for others in the future.

04.02.2025

decant pub

26.01.2025

I visited this pub today with my American friend. We visited Oxford, walked around the beautiful city and enjoyed the architecture. We were both hungry, saw this pub and as my friend is from America and never experienced pub food but heard so much about it we decided to give it a go. The pub is is a good location but was utterly disappointing. My friend nachos were hard and stale and my fries also tasted stale and dry. Also the pepsi provided had a funny taste , our waiter wasn't very pleasant either and we found the food overpriced for what it was. My American friend had her first British pub experience and was not impressed

26.01.2025

The roast beef Sunday dinner was really tasty and cooked well, the potatoes could have done with longer in the oven but were still lovely. The pub was small pub with not many tables spare so would advise booking. Reasonable priced and in an ideal location.

24.10.2024

Been back twice now and I have to say the food has been excellent all three times. Today was there fish and chips, all I'll say is I'm having that again, it was delicious - super crispy batter, chips spot on too. Meet an old friend here today for lunch. The perfect place, good character and atmosphere but not noisy, food was excellent as the staff were friendly. I'd have no hesitation in returning.